Breakdown of Att stretcha förbättrar såväl flexibiliteten som styrkan.
att
to
förbättra
to improve
såväl
both (in 'såväl...som')
stretcha
to stretch (muscles)
flexibiliteten
the flexibility
styrkan
the strength
Questions & Answers about Att stretcha förbättrar såväl flexibiliteten som styrkan.
When should I use såväl ... som instead of både ... och?
såväl ... som means the same thing as både ... och (both ... and), but it is more formal and can also translate to 'as well as'. You will often see it in written Swedish, news, and informative texts like this one. For everyday speech, it is usually better to stick to både ... och.
Why are flexibiliteten and styrkan in the definite form here?
In Swedish, abstract or uncountable nouns take the definite suffix when you are talking about them in a general, universal sense. While English drops the article and just says 'flexibility' and 'strength', Swedish requires the definite forms flexibiliteten and styrkan.
The English translation says 'Stretching', so why does the Swedish sentence use Att stretcha (To stretch)?
Swedish does not have a direct equivalent to the English -ing form (the gerund) when using a verb as a noun. To make an action the subject of a sentence, you almost always use the infinitive form paired with the marker att.
Is stretcha just the English word adapted into Swedish?
Yes! Swedish adopts many English verbs by simply adding an -a to create the infinitive form. Once adopted, it follows standard Swedish grammar rules, behaving exactly like a regular Group 1 verb (stretchar, stretchade, stretchat).
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